The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21


The orchards are yielding to-day.
You're free as the air OF the moutalrA
And monarch OF all you survey:
Better stay on the farm awhile longer,
Though prohts should come rather slow:
Remember, you've nothing 10 risk, boys,
Don't be ia hurry 70 so.
FEEDING THE CALF
The good village pastor was ready
for church. He had donned his "suit
of solemn black tied his rather limp
white necktie, carefully polished his
boots and smoothcd his old plug hat
with n silk handkerchief when his
daughter calculated; Law sakes, pa.
you have forgotten 10 feed the calf. y
A momentary cloud crossed the good
mans brow but he YEARLY plodded TO
the barn filled bucket with meal and
milk and water for the forgotten animal,
who. plunging his head into the recep-
tacle, guzzled the contents rapidly down.
Then raising his black muzzle he shed
a shower of mush all over the good
man, drenching his treasured trousers
and distinguishing at once the brilliant
polish OF his boots. With look of
anguish at his bcdrabbled dress. and
murderous glance M the cause, now
switching his tail and mildly staring at
him, the worthy pastor groaned IF
] was not humble follower of the meek
and lowly One I would knock your
BANKED head through that bucket,
blank youm And then he sorrowfully
wendell his way into the house for re-
pairs.
WHY THE BUTTER DoEs'NT COME.
lst. Because Of some disorganized
or unhealthy condition Of the COW.
2d. On account Of the unwhole-
some food and water supplied
3rd. Want of proper cleanliness in
milking and setting the milk.
4th. Lack of right conditions in the
raising of the cream--pure air and
proper time-kept too long.
9th. The cream not raised and skim
med in due time.
9th. Cream not churned at the pro-
per time-kept too long.
9TH. Cream is allowed to freeze-in-
jurcd still more in thawing.
Sth. Cream too warm when churn-
cd.
9th. Cream too cold
10th. Churn not good one.
nth. Lazy hand at the churn.
Some persons have the churn around
nearly all day. summer or winter; take
few turns and stop; fool around and
begin again. Cannot make good butter
so. Use box or barrel churn; begin
moderately and continue so until no
more vent is needed. and then 90 on nj
n good pace, without stopping till the
butter comes. When the cream is per-
feet and the temperature is right.
about sixty-iiye degrees in winter, for
batch of butter weighing twenty TO
thirty five pounds, twenty TO twenty
five minutes should be ample time for
churning. In the winter season /
should expect 10 find the cause in the
reason given above in No. 4 to No. o.
Practical Farmer.
TIE best SEEDS FOR PROPAGATION.
Nursery men are well aware that seeds
OF the best and choicest apples are not
best for planting. All that is wanted
is strong, vigorous stock and this Is
best secured 10y planting seeds of the
small. inferior varieties, too poor for
anything except making cider. These
are generally used not alone because
they are easiest TO get, but because
they are the best. IL we wished fruit
from these seedlings only seeds from
the best favored varieties would be
planted ;but as the propagation invariably
gratis these. then the kind of fruit the
Seeding might bear smmatcrial Tho
chief drawback 10 this method of
getting trees is that IL gives little oppor-
tunity for valuable chance seedlings
which used sometimes 10 be obtained.
Perhaps, however, Il Is rs well that
improved varieties Of fruits should bc
bred, for by selecting seeds from the
choicest kinds, and by cross fertilization.
much OF improved stock Is bred. This !
will make two kinds of seeds, each best
for It's respective purpose. one including
the great bulk of seeds from inferior
fruit for producing stocks. and the other |
the carefully selected few seeds for the
amateur and specialist seeking new
varieties.
Tin AVERAGE NUMBER OF EGGS.
There are 800 days In year, and of
that number we must deduct 100 DAYS
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